THOR Dec.2006 page 2 |
| After setting up, it was time for a Kodak moment for Bob and Julie.... |
| While I crashed and burned again, yet another partial deployment - something was in the air... |
| Mike was waiting for Manuel to finish setting up, so he could let one of his bigger gliders rip on F21 (iirc) way up in the sky to leave him with enough time to run his deep route for a catch attempt. Close, but no cigar... ...while it was Bob's turn for a fishing expedition behind the flight line... |
| I usually save the 'Big Guns' for the last and started by cutting 'Solaris' loose on a G79W for a good flight. A silver classic rocket looks really nice and shiny up close and personal under the Florida sun. Likely the most beautiful of all my designs... I have her over chuted to bring her down gently because those holed-out fins, so its usually a good hike out... |
| My brand new baby, 'CrayPuppy' also had her first flight (small insert) and her first crash, more about that here: For my finale and the final launch of the day I sent up my Crayon X1 loaded up with the usual G64. After quite a scare, we had a full chute and a soft landing. Methinks a G64 up close and personal (min safety distance) is more impressive than an H or I way out the distance... It was a day with a lot of recovery problems to all of us but Mark, who had to shine by not crashing any. Maybe we had high static on top of the usual humidity, then add up motor malfunctions and no wonder the dry dock filled to the brim with rocket carcasses in various needs of repair... Like always, any launch is a good launch ! |
